by Brian Kennedy | Jan 21, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues
The Kings have to win twenty-five more games to wind up with 94 points. They have only thirty-two games to do that in. That’s the math. Now, you probably don’t want to hear about that for one of two reasons. First, you’re from away and don’t care how this team is...
by Andy Holman | Oct 22, 2017 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights
What a difference a half century makes. Fifty years ago, a handful of games into the 1967 NHL season, the league’s grand expansion strategy appeared ready to collapse even before it had managed to skate its first few strides. At the box office and on the ice, things...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 22, 2017 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights
So much happens in the Vegas Golden Knights in-arena game presentation that it doesn’t seem like there could be more spectacle than there is. And then there is. The excitement begins before the game, in the form of a question from a dominating male voice: “Are you...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 13, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
What a difference a couple of days make. Or three. Monday night, the Kings were in LA versus Dallas. They posted four goals and still lost the game on a goaltending performance that was mediocre. In fact, even the visiting goalie was pretty stinky, and got pulled....